Economy Up, Emissions Down: California Debunks Trump (Again)
New numbers from California show the state added jobs and expanded its economy while cutting greenhouse gas emissions 10 percent between 2004 and 2015. The...
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Brown Proposes Legislation to Ratify Cap-and-Trade Post-2020
In his FY17-18 budget proposal released today, Governor Jerry Brown included proposed legislation that would cement the state’s authority to both extend its...
Historic Climate Package One Step Away
The California Assembly passed Senate Bill 32 (Pavley) off the floor today, moving the Golden State to within one step of enacting the most ambitious limit on...
Passing Climate Bills Will Help Clear Up California’s Smog
If California lawmakers are looking for yet another reason to pass Senate Bill 32 (Pavley) and Assembly Bill 197 (E. Garcia), which would reduce climate-...
Legislation to Enact 2030 Climate Target Advances
Legislation to require the world’s sixth-largest economy to reduce its climate change-causing pollution to 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030— the most...
Keep Calm and Lower the Cap
The California Air Resources Board released yesterday the results of the latest quarterly auction of emission allowances pursuant to the cap-and-trade program...